Have you ever read a book and you’re like this book was written just for me!?! That’s exactly how I felt reading The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I can’t sing enough praise about this book. It has everything that I look for in a teen thriller book. It has a strong-willed heroine that is smart as a whip, plus a love interest on the side whose good looks and charm get our heroine, Avery Grambs, in heaps of trouble. This book is the perfect combination of the cult classic movie, Clue and my favorite movie of 2020, Knives Out.
Avery Grambs goes from living in her car one day to learning that she has inherited the massive estate of billionaire Tobias Hawthorne the next. Seems like a dream come true, right? Not when Avery has no idea who Tobias Hawthorne is let alone why he left his inheritance to her.Once she arrives at the estate, Avery is bombarded with Hawthorne’s family who are bitter that they have all but been written out of Hawthorne’s will. Avery soon learns the estate is not what it first appeared as she discovers puzzles and riddles left behind by Hawthorne to be solved by Avery and Hawthorne’s grandsons. The answers to these clues may just answer the ultimate question on everyone's minds: Why was Avery Grambs chosen?
The Inheritance Games is just the first in a duology with the second book, The Hawthorne Games, being released this September. Now, all I have to do is wait till then...
Ashleigh Edwards
Library Specialist
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